Literature is an expression, an exploration of the inner self.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

纸上的每一个痕迹都是一个政治行为。

当你写作时，你试图发现一些你不知道的东西。

If we don’t act now, the next generation will inherit a world with fewer resources and greater challenges.

最好的报复就是巨大的成功。

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.

我写作时不会想着任何观众。我只是写。